Pavel Durov net worth
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Pavel Durov net worth: Pavel Durov is a Russian entrepreneur with a net worth of US$17 billion. Pavel Durov was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union in October 1984. He is best known for creating social networking sites VK and Telegram Messenger. He graduated from St. Petersburg State University in 2006 and founded VKontakte (VK) in the same year. In 2011, when the Russian government asked him to delete the pages of opposition politicians, Durov confronted the police outside his home. Durov refused to hand over data from Ukrainian protesters to Russian security agencies in 2014. In 2014, when he claimed that the company was taken over by Vladimir Putin’s allies, he was removed from the position of CEO of VK. He left Russia and has no plans to go back. Durov donated $1 million to the Wikimedia Foundation, which is the subject of the Russian book Durov Code: The True Story of VK and its creator. In 2014, he was named the most promising Nordic leader under 30.
Pavel Durov’s net worth over time: In December 2015, Pavel’s net worth reached US$300 million. By 2017, he became a billionaire on paper for the first time. As of March 2019, his net worth reached US$2.7 billion. As of August 2021, his net worth is US$17 billion.
